Patterns of Justice Tempest Rush — Monk

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Patterns of Justice Tempest Rush for the Monk: tier A, Season 39, with gear, cube powers, gems and 3 variants.

At a glance

Class: Monk
Tier: A
Season: S39
Main skill: Tempest Rush
Items: 13
Cube powers: 4
Updated: 25.08.2026

Equipment

Helm Decree of Justice
Shoulders Mirrors of Justice
Amulet Squirt's Necklace
Chest Lamellars of Justice
Gloves Bazubands of Justice
Bracers Cesar's Memento
Belt Captain Crimson's Silk Girdle
Pants Mountains of Justice
Boots Captain Crimson's Waders
Ring 1 Convention of Elements
Ring 2 Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac
Main Hand Shenlong's Fist of Legend
Off Hand Shenlong's Relentless Assault

Active Skills

Tempest Rush Bluster

Serenity Tranquility

Sweeping Wind Inner Storm

Epiphany Desert Shroud

Blinding Flash Self Reflection

Mantra of Salvation Hard Target

Passive Skills

The Guardian's Path

Harmony

Seize the Initiative

Beacon of Ytar

Kanai's Cube

Weapon Balance

Armor Mantle of Channeling

Jewelry Ring of Royal Grandeur

4th slot (Season 39) Won Khim Lau

Stat Priority

Dexterity
Critical Hit Chance
Physical Resistance
All Resistance
Area Damage
Vitality

Legendary Gems

Bane of the Trapped Rank 150

Bane of the Stricken Rank 150

Taeguk Rank 150

Regular Gems

Helm Diamond

Armor Diamond

Weapon Emerald

Decree of Justice

Helm

✦ Dexterity

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Tempest Rush Damage

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Socket

✦ Dexterity

✦ All Resistance

✦ Area Damage

✦ Cooldown Reduction

Lamellars of Justice

Chest Armor

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ All Resistance

✦ Socket

✦ Critical Hit Damage

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Area Damage

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Attack Speed

✦ Cold Damage

✦ Dexterity

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ All Resistance

✦ Life %

Mountains of Justice

Pants

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ All Resistance

✦ Socket

✦ Dexterity

✦ Vitality

✦ All Resistance

✦ Tempest Rush Damage

Squirt's Necklace

Amulet

✦ Gold Find

✦ Critical Hit Damage

✦ Cold Damage

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Socket

Convention of Elements

Ring 1

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Area Damage

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Physical Damage (Weapon)

✦ Socket

Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac

Ring 2

✦ Cooldown Reduction

✦ Attack Speed

✦ Critical Hit Chance

✦ Physical Resistance

✦ Socket

Shenlong's Fist of Legend

Main Hand

✦ Dexterity

✦ Area Damage

✦ Maximum Spirit

✦ Socket

Shenlong's Relentless Assault

Off Hand

✦ Dexterity

✦ Area Damage

✦ Maximum Spirit

✦ Cooldown Reduction

✦ Socket

Gameplay

The configuration

This setup is stored as a complete build — gear, skills, runes and all four cube slots work together and are not assembled from individual statistics.

Set: Patterns of Justice
Rating: tier A across all classes
Kanai's Cube: Balance, Mantle of Channeling, Ring of Royal Grandeur, Won Khim Lau
Skills: Tempest Rush (Bluster), Serenity (Tranquility), Sweeping Wind (Inner Storm), Epiphany (Desert Shroud), Blinding Flash (Self Reflection), Mantra of Salvation (Hard Target)
Passives: The Guardian's Path, Harmony, Seize the Initiative, Beacon of Ytar
Variants available: Speed farming, Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts, GR push

Use the variant switcher above to move between the versions. What changes between them is spelled out below — read it before you rebuild.

What the set does

This build wears Patterns of Justice. These bonuses apply once the matching number of set pieces is equipped — the damage multiplier hangs on them, not on the individual stats of the pieces:

2 pieces: Sweeping Wind gains the effect of every rune, and movement speed is increased by 5% for each stack of Sweeping Wind.
4 pieces: Attacking with Tempest Rush reduces your damage taken by 50% and increases Spirit Regeneration by 50.
6 pieces: Hitting with Tempest Rush while Sweeping Wind is active increases the size of Sweeping Wind and also increases all damage dealt by 20,000%.

How the variants differ

Measured against the push version. Anything not listed here stays the same:

Speed farming: swaps in skills Cyclone Strike (Soothing Breeze), Dashing Strike (Blinding Speed); cube Unity; gems Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard.
Torment 16 / Nephalem rifts: swaps in skills Tempest Rush (Flurry), Cyclone Strike (Soothing Breeze), Dashing Strike (Blinding Speed), Mantra of Conviction (Annihilation); cube Goldwrap, Vengeful Wind; gems Boon of the Hoarder, Gogok of Swiftness.

Sockets and gems

The 3 legendary gems (Bane of the Trapped, Bane of the Stricken, Taeguk) belong in the jewellery slots — that is the only place their rank counts, and the only place they keep growing when you upgrade after a Greater Rift.

The remaining 8 sockets are filled with Diamond: the multiplier already comes from the set and the legendary powers, so one more base stat does more there than another effect would.

On the season theme

Shades of the Nephalem spawns a shadow clone of your class at every shrine and pylon that fights along for one minute. Activate shrines inside the pull, not on the way there. The fourth cube slot is already filled in every variant above.